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(Mtsf .Newspaper H JIMh CarritoVOL. 80 . EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1916JOHNSTON LETTER.Masonic Banquet. Mr. and Mrs.Turner Entertain. Week ofPrayer Observed. Marriage at Parsonage.One of the moat beautiful banquetsever held was that of last Thursdayevening, given by th? Masons ofKadosh lodge 181. The spacioushall was beautiful in its decorations, and in one end, a receptionroom was fitted up where all gathered previous to the banquet. Thebanquet table where covers for 135were laid was artistically arranged,the color scheme carried out beingblue and white, this being the bluelodge. Over the center of the tablewas suspended the emblem of theorder against a back ground ofblue. The table was outlined with abroad runner of blue with fernleaves and white roses, lillias andnarcissus being'the other decorationsused. An elaborate supper of turkeywith all its accompaniments, ham,salada, celery, pickles, bread sandwiches, crackers, coffee, etc., witha variety off ruits, was served. Later, with Mrs. J. W. Cox as toastmaster, several toasts were had. AHenjoyed hearing from Mr. W. T.Hundley, now of Rome, Ga., whowas a charter member of tnis lodge.Rev. J. H. Thacker spoke upon therelation of the lodge to church,and Rev. M. L. Kester alsu gavesome bright and happy thoughts.Mr. S. J. Watson chose as his subject "a singing heart." All weregreatly enjoyed and encored.Miss Virgie Courtney has returned from Blackville where she visitMiss Geraldine Kammer.Mr. and Mrs. Clark Crouch ofMurfresboro, Tenn., will spend themonth of January here. Mrs.Crouchis pleasantly remembered as Miss?Lula Mae Oxner.Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Crouch entertained a few friends with a delightful dinwifir r*w?fiiitlr. " ^_ ?Miss Elberta Bland has returned *from Vidalia, Ga., where she actedas maid of honor in the JenkinsJohnson wedding.Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Turner entertained with a dinner on Tuesdayevening in compliment to Rev. W.T. Hundley who is visiting in theirhome. Others present were Prof.Addison Lynch of Birmingham,Ala., Dr. ?. T. King, Prof. andMrs. W. F. ScDtt, Dr. and Mrs.F. L. Parker and Mr. J. C. Lewis.After dinner some delightful musicwas enjoyed.Miss Maud Nickerson spent theweek-end at Meeting Street withMrs. Smyly Stevens.Last week was observed as aweek of prayer by the women ofthe Baptist church and their offer? ing will reach Silo when all isgathered in. The Rojal Ambassadors had Friday set aside for them,and the amount of their gifts wastlO. The other two societies, Y.W. A., and G. A., have not as yetgathered in all of the envelopes.On last Saturday morning Mr.James Edwards and Miss MarySawyer were married at the Baptistparsonage, Dr. A. T. King performing the ceremony and the happy affair was witnessed only by afew relatives. Immediately afterwards several automobiles carriedthe bridal party over to Trentonwhere they boarded the middaytrain for Florida where they willspend two weeks. The bride is theyoungest daughter of Mr. JohnSawyer and ia a sweet and winsomeyoung woman and the groom is oneof the young business men of thetown.Mrs. Moyer, the mother of Mrs.Luther Moyer died last week at herhome in Langley. Mrs. Moyer wasat her bedside when she died andother relatives from here attende ithe funeral.Mr. Alvin McLenna of Newberry has been here for a short visit.Mrs. J. A. Dobey and childrenave gone to Spartanburg to visithe former's mother, Mrs. Dorn.Mrs. Heyward of Barnwell is theue-t of her daughter, Miss Sallieeyward.Mrs. T. R. Denny, state recordg secretary W. C. T. U., is in reeipt of 500 copies of the recentonvention held at Allendale, andese she hopes to mail to the varius unions during next week.The monthly \V. C. T. U. meetg will be held Friday afternoonthe home of Mrs. J. L. Walker.Dr. A. T. Ki?g left on SaturdayNewsy Letter From Edgef?eldGraded and High Schools.I am sure no one enjoyed theChristmas holidays more than theschool children and the only sorrowwas the thought of school opening:again on the third. Now that weare back at work, let as go to itwith a will always accompanied bya smile, even if school does last until the fourth of June.. On Friday night, January 7,1916, Miss Helen Dorn entertainedthe senior ciass of which she is amember, very royally. The spacioushall and parlor were artisticallydecorated in pink and green, theclass colors; and, although theweather was very unpleasant outsidethe'guests forgot about it in theirexcessive enjoyment. The amusement for a time consisted in a contest entitled, "Lovers in the kitchen." The lucky couple was Anuabel Saunders and Glover Tompkins, the prize being a dainty handembroidered towel. " The boobyprize which was a apooon fell toHarrison Parks. After this severalvery amusing games were played,and then the hostess ushered theguests into the dining room, a perfect labyrinth ot flowers, where amost delicious salad course andsweet course was served^ When wespeak of a senior, we think of aperson who is too dignified tolaugh, but I can assure you thai:these seniors laid aside their dignity, gave vent to their feelings andenjoyed themselves as much as aset of "rats" would have done.All the teachers of the gradedand high school are delighted tosee the interest which the student*are taking in a set of new encyclopedias purchased by Mr. Lyon. Thisis a very valuable set of books and(he improvement in the studentsfrom the use of them can readilybe detected.The music club met with MissMargaret May Monday afternoon, jJanuary 10. All members were J?nusual^ntlSilt'.11 TbreTo1^he~mo8t tenjoyable numbers were instrument- (al solo?? by Misses Margaret May, ,Helen Dorn and Ruth Lyon. After .the program a delicious sweet coursewas served. ?On Wednesday morniug, January19, the ladies of the ?J. D. C. aregoing to have some special exercis- ,es in connection with the regular jchapel exercises at the high school. (This celebration is given in memory jof Lee aud .1 ackson, and will be oneof interest as well as value to thestudents. The public is cordially invited.School Corespondent.D. A. R. Meeting.The Old 96 District Chapter, D.A. R., will hold their meeting thismonth with Mrs. Bettis Cantelou onTuesday afternoon the |18th, atC:30 o'clock. This being the firstmeeting of the new year we hope tohave a full attendance.Mrs. X. G. Evans, Regent.morning for Florida where he willbe a short while.Mrs. P. |B. Waters returned onSunday evening from Universityhospital Augusta, where she hasbeen for six weeks. Her friends willbe delighted to know that she ismuch improved in health.With the new year, the mcsioclub took up the study of the lifeof Ethelbert Nevin, and a delightful afternoon was spent in the homeof Mrs. Thomas Hoyt. The musicrendered was all compositions cfthe master. After a life sketch byMrs. Leon S tansell the followingwas given: Piano solo, ''The rosary," Mrs. G. D. Walker; vocal solo, "Love and the rose,"-"Therosary," Mrs. C. P. Corn; "Barcorolle," Mrs. L. E. Stansell; "Narcissus," Mrs. Mirna Walker; vocalsolo, Mrs. James White; "Nevin'sidea of a night in Venice," MissZena Payne; "The gondola," MissEmma Bouknight. While enjoyingawhile soeially tae hostess servedfrozen pineapple cream and LadyBaltimore cake.Misses Maud and Gladys Sawyerhave gone to Georgetown to spendthe remainder of the winter in thehome of their brother, Dr. OlinSawyer.Dr. and Mrs. B. L. Allen spentlast week in Greenville at the bedside of the latter's brother, Mr.Coleman. For several days he wasin a most critical state, sufferingfrom blood poison.CLEMSON COLLEGE.Bright Edgefield Boy WritesInteresting Letter. SecondTerm Begun. New Y. M.C A. Building.If you see fit to give me somespace, I will attempt to write a fewlines for your good old paper.All of the boys that are comingback for the remainder pf the session have arrived, and you oan imagine what we have been doing thisweek. Each of us has been relating to our best friends and palswhat a grand time we had duringthe holidays, and each one declaresthat he has had the nicest time.After this week we all will beginthe second term proper and lay asidethe pleasant recollections that wehave in mind now of the past holidays. But some thoughts will beimpossible for we . Clemson boys tolay aside, and those are about ourbest girls, whom we spent manypleasant hours with while at home.This is leap-year now though, andpossibly we won't have to write somany letters to the girls, as theywill write us. We had good newsfrom our sister college, Winthrop,during the past week. The girlsover there said it was their yearnow and they could afford to writea good many letters. Now watchthe letters flow to Clemson for theremainder of the session.tWe have lost a good many boysduring the holidays. Almost everysection marcher of the under-classmen is carrying a card to be signed by the different professors to getan honorable discharge for someone who dropped out during theholidays. We certainly miss someof our classmates who were so unfortunate as no*- to come back. Wemiss them almost as much as whena member of the family at homegoes j>ff for "^vnH^g^ flfjiftlfi, .aaI'residenl Higgs said, ''some of;he under classmen's work during,he first term bas not been so satisfactory as those of the preceding; wo or three years." This inefficiency is probably partly due toinefficient preparation in the homejchool. A student makes a greatmistake in undertaking collegiateivork before he is prepared for it,t>y doiug so he is over-worked mostjf his time and disappointed byFailures a good many times.Well, I believe about the latestind newest thing for Clemson isthe new Y. M. C. A. building,which was opened for inspection bythe students and all of the residingpeople on the hill, Friday afternoon,January 7. I feel sure it came upto and above every one's expectation.A movement was put on foot toget this handsome new building alittle over a year ago. Mr. Rocefeller donated $50,000 towards thishandsome new building upon condilion that the resident members andstudents would raise $25,000, whichwas soon raised. The building wasbegun early last spring. Mr. Cothran of Greenwood had the contract.He is an old graduate of Clemson.The building is said to be one ofthe most modern of it's kind in thecountry, and in a few weeks I guessit will be one of the most modernlyequipped also. Ie contains fourfloors including the basement Inthe basement is a modern resturantand soda fountain. Now you caneasily imagine how we boys willenjoy eating for a few weeks, or atleast until we become broke.I believe this is all of the newswith us at the present, and I don'twant to impose on the good natureof your readers now, hence I willdraw to a close for this time.Best wishes and new year greetings.W.D. O. Jr.Clemson College.Bishop Querry Coming.Next Sunday morning at Trentonat ll o'clock, and Sunday night atEdgefield in the Episcopal church.The Bishop is too well known inEdgefield to require more than asimple announcement of appointment to have a large audience. OnSunday night moreover it will bea united service of all the churches,and all will be cordially weloome.The hour is 7:30. The bishop willmeet with the church officers aftereach service for a conference.1 COLD SPRING.Modlern School Building CompJeted. Mr. Ernest QuarlesJarging Store. RehobothChurch Caught Fire.Yesterday, Sunday, was the coldest day- of the season. There wasgoc^.^congregation at RehobothistMthe pastor began to readscrippife, the church was discovered tofbe on tire, having caught froma ?eXr.?ve flue. It was but a fewmomeii|.6'befure several of the yoongraen^ere on top of the house pulling dff'ithe shingles that were bu ining. jfitthe same time everythinin thej^buse was removed. It wasnot lo&g before the fire was all outthen th]d congregation returned tothe church. A conference was heldand ?rohey was raised to recoverthe church and todo other repairsIt wa* beautiful to see how cheerfolly ail ijgave. If the weather isfavorable by Saturday night all therepairs'will be completed. Therenever l^?d a better people thanthose Rehoboth people.Airs.;"Carrie Freehnd and MiesMartha Strom are on the sick list inRehobpttf.community.Th<j B*. Y. P. U. w as reorganizedhere yesterday. Prof. Truluck waselected' Pres., Miss Lola Young,Vice Pres., and Miss Maud Smith,Seo'ry.Mr. Kirnest H. Quarles is having his store room overhauled andenlarged.The trustees of our school arehaving ^concrete steps put to theschool house. When the steps arefinished, the new school house willbe completed. We now have theprettiest and most competent sohoolheuse in ?he county. Come and see,then you will be convinced.The school building at Rehobothhas been/repaired and painted whichrg^?M??&k-0 it9 looks. Paint andi&flfi&MMHN^ I^-^J>r> tV'vJ) vt tb?looks " or a place. I have often ^wondered Why more farmers do not ^have their homes and barns paintedand whitewashed.The union meeting of the 2nddivision of -the Edgefield association will convene with the Republi- ~tcan church on Saturday before the tnth Sunday in this month. .The Woodman will hold their tregular meeting Saturday evening jat7 o'clock before the 4th Sunday tin this month. We hope to see afull meeting. The officers will be \installed. jJMcCormick County. | \Columbia, Jan. 10.-The newcounty of McCormick won out before the state board of canvassersThe board dismissed the protestfiled on behalf of Greenwood andAbbeville counties and upheld thelegality of the election creating thenew county of McCormick out ofportions of Edgefield, Greenwoodand Abbeville counties. The opponents of the new county will appealfrom the decison of the state boardto the courts, it was announced herethis morning.Announcement of the decision inthe McCormick county case wasmade to-day by R. M. McCown,secretary of state, and chairman ofthe state board of canvassers.Program of Teachers' Meeting.The county teachers' associationwill meet in the court house Saturday, January 22, beginning ateleven o'clock. The public is cordially invited and all trustees areurged tJ be present1. "Teaching English in thethird grade," Mrs. L. C. Latimer.2. "How to teach BeginnersArithmetic," Mrs. G. N. Ennett.3. "Science in the high school,"Miss Gertrude Strother.4. 1 'Athletics in the publicschool," Prof. H. W. Scott.5. "Field day for Edgefield,"Profs. W. F. Scott, C. I. Truluck,W. T. Prescott, Mrs. W. C.Tompkins, Miss Sara Stevens.6. Report of committees. *T. J. Lyon, Pres.County Teachers Association.Crawford-You seem to thinkyour wife the most unreasonablewoman in the worldCrabshaw-You see I mortgagedthe house to buy her an auto, andnow she wants me to raise moneyon the car to purchase Christmaspresents.-J udge.Concerning Report of Board ofCharities and Corrections."The greatest need of our countyinstitutions is a deepened interest,intellect, aggressive, sympathetic,on the part of the local public," theState Board of Charities and Corrections asserts in regard to jails,chaingan&rs and almshouses in itsfirst annual repoit to the generalassembly.The institution officials nfed sympathetic help, the report continues,and many of them wise guidance.Captions criticism may effect spasmodic improvements, but intellect,continued co-operation will yieldmore. These officials are at fault agood many times; they get into ruts,they neglect, they become hardened,and they need the spur that comesfrom public inquiry.In its report the board sounds awarning lest the interest taken bythe public in jails,, chaingangs andilmshouses become more sentimental unproductive sympathy for theprisoners, convicts, or paupers. Theboard declares that sympathy for:hese classes has its place as long associety permits the existence ofconditions of which they are solargely the product; but unless thissympathy leads to constructive, aggressive steps to better conditionsander which the prisoners, convictsind paupers live, it9 very useless?ess condemns it.It is one of the primary functions>f the local committee of visitors.bat the board is appointing in ecchjouncy to awaken public interest in.he county penal and charitable initiations be visiting themselves andakiug others to visit them. The,nembers of the local committee ofvisitors in Edgefield county will belamed soon.Woodson-McDonald.Elsewhere will be found the for-,tn?-'. "1^iui-.em?ar of th?; engagea?nt oi J?idsj^sep^o arianswoic?(Voodsou and Mr. Walter H. Mcdonald, ana sincere and corniallougratulations will be showeredipon these two young people.Miss Woodson is tile daughter ofArs. Agatha Abney Woodson andlie late .Prof. J.'. E. Woodson. On1er mother's side ot the house MissrVoo?sou descends trom tile dis*?inguished South Carolina Abneyamity, and from her father, one olfie old first families of Virginia.5he is extremely pretty, and one ot,ne most channing giris in tue city,blight and clever in mind, sparking in manner, cordial aud sweet,o every one. Miss VV oodson is admrea by all wno know uer, boinfoung and old.Mr. McDonald is one of the mostfitted and most brilliant youngnen at tue Augusta uar and onetvhose friends are numbered only->y his acquaintances. When onlyL3 years oid he had the supremenisfortune to lose the sight ot bothjyes. Most boys would have givenip all hopes of a professional career in the lace of such au insuperable obstacle, but Mr. McDonald refused to listen tu any discouragement and graduated first lroin theschool for the blind in Macon, andthen trom the Pennsylvania scnooltor the blind. From there he wentio the University of Georgia, wherene graduated from the law schoolthere. He entered the Augusta bara year ago last J uly, and has already proved his especial fitness lorthis profession, and has given unmistakable evidence of the successthat is sure to be his. His fianceehad taken up the study of trainednursing, but gave it up to studylaw in Mr. McDonald's oltice iu order to be of service to him m hisprofession. The marriage will be aquiet wedding about the middle ofFebruary, the exact date to be announced later.-Augusta Chronicle.Lawyer-I say, doctor, why areyou always running us lawyersdown?Doctor (dryly)-Well, your profession doesn't make angels of men,does it?Lawyer-Why, no; you certainlyhave the advantage of us there, doctor.-Philadelphia Record.Mother-I hear that Harry Smithis the worst boy in school, aud Iwant you to keep as far away fromhim as possible.Tommy-I do, ma. He is alwaysat the head of our class.HARDY'S HAPPENINGS.Many Suffering From Epidemicof Grip. Making Quilt ForOrphans. Visitors Comeand Go.Several days of our new yearhave passed, but not so many, botwhat we may still say happy newyear and may it be a healthy andprosperous year for every one. Sofar we have had some lovely weather but Saturday and Sunday weresomewhat cold. As a doctor said onFriday, "mighty good pneumoniaweather." Dr. R. L. McKie's wholefamily except the doctor and MissMarjorie, have been in bed 2 weekswith the grip and now the baby.Lois, has pneumonia. There seemsto be a great deal of grip all aroundus. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bunch, Mr,and Mrs. Milton Barker have beensick with it but are up again: Thisseems to be a very malignant typeof grip. It is raging in North Aa*gusta also in Augusta. Just here wewere rejoiced to see Miss CarneRansom on tho street Saturdaywhile in town. Also we met MissBeatrice Stevens who reports amost delightful visit to Tennessee, aglorious Christmas. Says she is go*ing again in the good old summertime.Since our last writing we amended the W. M. U. meeting at Mr.L. W. Reese's. Had quite a nicegathering, every one in good spiritswith the Christmas oheer. Decidedto have our next meeting Thursday,the 20th at Mrs. Ellie Briggs' sodtake a lunch and quilt the orphan'squilt that the ladies have made thesquares for. We hope to have afull attendance so as to get Utequilt finished that day.We wjre grieved to lose ourneighbor and friend, Mrs. Ivy DeLaughter and do . sympathize mottdeeply with Mr?. DeLaughter andhi*"DOOK 'itt!* children. Oh. he?death wa? certainly sad.We were" so glad to hear that.Mrs. Lilly DeLaughter decided notto move back over in her borneplace in "the corner" Mi's Ivy DeLaughter's death decided her not tomove back here which we think iswise.Mr. and Mrs. John DeLaughter,Jr., visited Mrs. DeLaugbter'saunts, the Misses Lanier, and Mrs.M. H. Shaw, also attended herauut, Mrs. Ivy DeLaughter's funeral and went on to Belvedere to visit ber father, Mr. James Matthews,and sister, Mrs. Burton, returninghome the 2nd of January.Mr. Herbert Bunch returned onDecember 30, from a most delightful visit of a week to his cousins,the Ushers of Quitman, Ga. He reports that to bd a rich country andgives credit to the farmers for beingmore industrious than in our section. He saw plowing going on allalong the railroad up until sun downon Christmas eve. Monday morningthej were at it again as though itwere planting time in spring. Saysthe people have nice homes, farmsare well taken care of and almostall have from one to two or threemachines whioh goes to show theyare well off. The roads are likestreets. Beautifully graded, rolledhard and drained to perfection. Being highly delighted with the peo*pie and country, Mr. Bunch says bewould like to visit there in thespring. It is just 8 miles from theFlorida line.We were sorry to hear of the illness of Mrs. Sam Gardner, Sr., alsoMr. Hugh Gardner and hope theywill soon be up again, also Mn.Lew Reese and Mrs. Luther Reese.,Hope Miss Lena Lanham has gotten well enough to return to Cokercollege ere this. We hope Mrs. Sallie Bunch will soon be well again*Hardy's.Bond Issue Practically Wasted,Only five or six years ago Marioncounty issued $100,000 worth ofbonds and with the money built asystem of roads which were acclaimed among the best in the state.Yet the Marion Star reports thatthese highways are being ruinedfrom pure neglect. That is the trouble generally in th,ese matters. Thereis no use to spend money buildingroads unless some systematic planis devised for keeping them in condition. If the legislature will provide for a state highway commission such a pian will be forthcoming.-News & Courier.